Self-Updating Apps (allowed or not?)

[BenSS]

I thought apps self updating outside of the normal app store process was a big no-no? A friend of mine pointed out 'We Rule' to me. It will update itself, forcing you to restart the app.

[red12355]

IIRC pocket legends and IMO does this also. Seems to me a MMO thing.

[dee99]

Eliminate pro also

[VeganTnT]

The games that are able to do updates by themselves are ones where the majority of the game resides on the servers. MMO's are a perfect example of that since items can be balanced and new area can be added.

[EssentialParadox]

Yeah, I believe in a nutshell:
- You cannot automatically update the code that runs on the device,
- You are free to update the code that runs on your server.

But why We Rule required a restart if it was the server end that changed, I dunno? Maybe it's breaking the rules and Apple either didn't notice or considered it an acceptable use.

[BenSS]

Yeah, I believe in a nutshell:
- You cannot automatically update the code that runs on the device,
- You are free to update the code that runs on your server.

But why We Rule required a restart if it was the server end that changed, I dunno? Maybe it's breaking the rules and Apple either didn't notice or considered it an acceptable use.

That was pretty much my line of thinking. If it's just server code/data, there should be no need to force the app to quit and restart.

[ArtCoder]

Maybe the game needs to download updated data from the server and can only do so when it's starting (probably due to some lazy coding...)